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tourmalines

tourmalines is the plural of tourmaline.

Meaning of tourmaline

Noun

tourmaline (countable and uncountable, plural tourmalines)

  1. A complex black or dark-coloured borosilicate mineral, compounded with various chemical elements and considered a semi-precious stone.
    • The floor of the chamber was tesselated, of marble and green tourmaline, and on every square of tourmaline was carven the image of a fish: as the dolphin, the conger, the cat-fish, the salmon, the tunny, the squid, and other wonders of the deep.1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 3
  2. A transparent gemstone cut from it.

Phrases with tourmalines

Questions about tourmalines

What is tourmalines the plural of?
Tourmalines is the plural of tourmaline.

Words near tourmalines in the dictionary

  1. tourlourou
  2. tourlourous
  3. tourmalated
  4. tourmalin
  5. tourmaline
  6. tourmalines
  7. tourmalinic
  8. tourmaliniferous
  9. tourmalinization
  10. tourmalinizations
  11. tourmalinize

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